26JFK's Space Dog
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev presented John F. Kennedy with a puppy as a gift. The dog's mother was a former Soviet space dog named Strelka. Strelka was one of the dogs that the Soviet Union sent into space.
27. Richard Pavlick, a retired postal worker, tried to avoid the Secret Service and made plans to kill President-elect John F. Kennedy in 1960. However, he decided not to go through with the plan because he was worried about Kennedy's family.
28. Joseph Luns, the former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, told John F. Kennedy, "I fok horses," when Kennedy inquired about his interests. Kennedy was taken aback and said, "Pardon?" The answer from Luns was "Yes, paarden!" Horses are known as paarden in Dutch, and the verb "fokken" means to breed them.
29. John F. Kennedy, was a big James Bond fan. On November 21, 1963, he saw a preview of "From Russia with Love" in the White House. The next day, he was gunned down in Dallas, making this the final film he ever saw.
30. President John F. Kennedy ordered the Secret Service to prevent First Lady Jackie Kennedy from meeting with shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. After Kennedy was killed, she married him.
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31JFK Pardoned Narcotics Offenders
John F. Kennedy effectively voided Congress's Narcotics Control Act of 1956 by pardoning all first-time offenders when he became president.
32. Even though he had no prior legal training, US President John F. Kennedy chose his brother Robert for the position of Attorney General. JFK jokingly remarked, "I can't see why it's improper to give him a little legal experience before he goes out to practice law."
33. John F. Kennedy gave his whole salary to charity while he served in Congress and then as President of the United States.
34. Before and after he became president, Kennedy is said to have had affairs with Marilyn Monroe, Gunilla von Post, Judith Campbell, Mary Pinchot Meyer, Marlene Dietrich, Mimi Alford, and Pamela Turnure, who was his wife's press secretary.
35. John F. Kennedy used to carry a note in his pocket with the number "118,574" on it, which represented the margin of victory he had against Richard Nixon.
